Friday, July 6, 2007

The public restrooms in Old Town have been open for about a month, but, for at least a couple weeks, some bar hoppers have had to hold it -- or find an alternate restroom (which is often an alley or some landscaping). That's because there's been a glitch in the automatic locks that were set up to close the new public restrooms down at 2 a.m. (bar closing time) on Friday and Saturdays and at midnight Sunday to Thursday.

Dale Goter, the city's lobbyist and fill-in spokesman, assures us the restroom locks are being fixed and will soon have a telephone connection to City Hall so that security officers can lock and unlock the doors as needed.

The smell of urine is overwhelming in San Francisco, Santa Cruz & San Jose, CA in there "Old Town" or tourist areas where they have only the option of going outside. It is disgusting. Having optional facilities is such a good idea especially if the area becomes more heavily visited.

Closing the restrooms when bars are supposed to close may be a good idea, but did anyone stop to think that's probably when people really need to go to the restroom? How about close them at 3:00 every night, until start of business the next day?

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